Supervisory Wage and Hour Investigator - Denver, United States - Wage and Hour Division

Description

Summary Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is an essential labor law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing significant labor laws affecting nearly 150 million workers.

Our mission is to protect rights related to minimum wage, overtime, child labor, family and medical leave, employment conditions for migrant workers, lie detector tests, garnishments, prevailing wages on government-funded contracts, labor provisions of several guest worker programs, and more.

Responsibilities As the Supervisory Wage & Hour Investigator (District Director)

GS for the Southwest Region, duties will consist of but not limited to the following:

Develops and directs assigned Wage and Hour program operations within the District and assigned Field and Area Offices, or other geographical jurisdictions(s).

These include the annual and long-term plan, enforcement, compliance, education, and information programs.

Organizes and coordinates program activities within the District Office with other federal, state and local agencies within and outside of the Department of Labor.

Oversees legality of issues related to potential litigations cases.

Responsible for all administrative activities of the District Office including effective use of personnel and funds; directing, reviewing and evaluating subordinates work.

Analyzes and interprets procedures, rules and policies relating to personnel activities including but not limited to hiring, terminating and reassigning of staff.

Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications WHO MAY APPLY:
Applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Career Transition Assistance Plan Current WHD Career/Career Conditional Employees with Competitive Status Current WHD Career/Career Conditional Employees with Non-Competitive Status A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such position.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Helpful resources on creating a federal resume

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You must meet the following Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) and the Specialized Experience to qualify for Supervisory Wage and Hour Investigator (District Director)

Applicants must meet at least TWO of the following THREE specialized criteria requirements:

General knowledge of Federal wage and hour labor laws, industrial occupations, wage scales, employment practices, or salary and wage administration practices.

Skill in analyzing written/verbal information and numerical data and making decisions on issues based on interviews, records review, reconstruction of missing or fraudulent records and applying legal or regulatory provisions, precedents, and principles to specific investigative matters.

Skill in personal contacts requiring the ability to explain requirements or rights and obtain information and cooperation from people with diverse backgrounds and levels of understanding, reconcile conflicting interests, and persuade others to comply voluntarily with requirements.

In addition to the criteria specified above, applicants must have knowledge of and ability to apply the provisions of Federal wage and hour labor laws pertaining to wages, hours of work, or related conditions of employment.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include:
Developing, interpreting, or applying policies, procedures, and operating standards in determining compliance for an organization or government-based program. Conducting interviews and providing information about laws and/or regulations. Industrial personnel or salary and wage administration or responsible work in a certified public accounting firm. Analyzing or applying labor legislation. Reviewing and evaluating operations and procedures through analysis, audits, or surveillance inspections. Federal, State, or self-regulatory agency work involving obtaining compliance with appropriate program requirements.

• AND
• Specialized Experience
• Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS 13 grade, in the Federal service which includes: Applying state and Federal employment laws, regulations, guidelines, and legal precedents related to hiring practices, equal employment opportunity, and wage and hour restrictions.

Applying laws, rules, regulations, case laws, principles, and practices to negotiate and administer labor agreements.

Performing public information and public relations duties by speaking before employers, labor, and civic groups as well as radio, television and on-line media.

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• Supervisory/Managerial Qualities
• Candidates must also demonstrate in their work experience that they possess at least three of the qualities listed below to successfully supervise/manage: Supervising/managing employees which includes evaluating performance, providing feedback, creating and managing workflow, and providing technical and administrative direction.

Implementing plans/projects. Developing a strategic or operating plan for an organization. Preparing and presenting briefings/speeches to high-level personnel. Developing and analyzing programs, policies and legislative proposals.

Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements of time-in-grade (52 weeks at the GS-13 grade level or equivalent in the Federal Service), time-after-competitive-appointment (90 days), and minimum qualifications.

These requirements must be met within 30 days, 05/13/2024, of the announcement closing date to be eligible and qualified for consideration.

Education There are no education requirements for this position and there is no substitution of education for specialized experience at this grade level.

Additional Information The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

As such, the Department is committed to fostering a workplace and workforce that promote equal employment opportunity, reflects the diversity of the people we seek to serve, and models a culture of respect, equity, inclusion, and accessibility where every employee feels heard, supported, and empowered.

Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have speech disabilities, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services.

You may not be aware, but in the regulations for agency ethics programs, there are requirements for supervisors.

Section of Title 5 of the CFR states:
Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates.

Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials.

Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interests and enforce government ethics laws and regulations, including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure reports.

In addition, supervisors are responsible, when requested, for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements.

Supervisory Financial Disclosure:

This position is subject to the confidential financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L Therefore, if selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest(s) and your prospective position with DOL.

This information will be required annually. Position Telework eligibility is determined by management based on position duties during the recruitment process. Employee participation in telework on a routine or situational basis is determined by management primarily based on business needs. Employees participating in telework are subject to the terms and conditions of the Department of Labor's Telework Program. This position is outside the bargaining unit. Based on agency needs, additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement. Reference the "Required Documents" section for additional requirements.

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